With no apparent negative effects<p>Cattle have now been made hornless through genetic editing, with no apparent side effects, researchers say.<p>In the United States, roughly 80 percent of all calves raised for dairy and 25 percent of beef cattle get their horns removed every year — that's 4.8 million …

No animal died to make this burger. No bleating calf was separated from its mother; no manure polluted the waterways; no blood was shed on the slaughterhouse floor. But vegetarians and vegans aren’t lining up to get a mouthful just yet.<p>On Monday, Netherlands-based researcher Mark Post served his …

In the cattle town of Emory in East Texas, the worst drought in state history is threatening a way of life. Scorching temperatures and a lack of rain have forced many ranchers to sell off their stock.<p>Normally before being brought to market, cattle are penned in a rancher's best pasture to be …

<i>One of the ultimate injustices of climate change is that those who have contributed to it the least are those most vulnerable to its impacts. Highly dependent on small-scale and rainfed agriculture, sub-Saharan Africa stands to be struck severely by climatic instability. Thankfully, radio has</i> …

Wildlife & Wild Places<p><i>How One Kenyan Farmer Went From ‘Nothing’ to the Envy of the Neighborhood</i><p>Purity Gacaga’s small dairy farm in Embu, Kenya, is a model of climate change adaptation. All photos by Tim McDonnell.<p>The highway from Nairobi to Purity Gacaga’s dairy farm runs through the croplands of …